KT4 Ultra & ATI 9700 & Black screen HELP

Hi guys,
After first uninstalling the Nvidia drivers and then powering down and removing the Geforce 4 card, I installed a brand new ATI 9700 that I got from Mwave.com for $199.00. When I turn on the power all I get is a black screen - I can't see anything on the screen but I can see my computer trying to post by watching the lights on the drives and observing the D-Bracket.
The D-Bracket is indicating a system hang on "Testing base memory from 240k to 640k and extending memory above 1MB using various patterns". Led's 1&3 red and 2&4 green.
I did hook up the 12 volt adapter that came with the the board at two different locations just to make sure there was not a problem with power. I also checked for the presence of voltage at the adapter right at the card with a volt meter (12.3 volts). I also swapped the power connector from the floppy to the video card. The cooling fan on the card is coming on. I made sure the power connector was connected prior to powering up my system. I also tried clearing NVRAM. What is wrong??? Any ideas out there? Do I have a bad card right out of the box ???
For now I had put my Geforce4 Ti 4200 back in so I can use my computer again.
My current system & settings:
Antec case, 400w P/S +3.3/28amps +5/40amps +12/18amps
WinXP Home Sp2. Dx9.0a
MSI KT4 Ultra biosv1.4 (boot) 4x AGP (there is no 8x option in bios)/ Fast Write disabled & enabled/ AGP Aperture size 64&128mb, AGP voltage set to AUTO. NOTHING IS OVERCLOCKED fsb 166, cas 2.5
AMD Barton 2500+
2-512m Corsair XMS3200
2-80 gig Maxtor Raid Strip 0
52xDVD
12x8x4 Burner
Linksys 10/100 ethernet card
Zoom 56k modem
4-80mm fans
My brand new 9700 card:
Model: OEM Generic MIC powered by ATI
Board revision: AO2
S/N:G0306025237
Memory: 128meg Infineon DDR SGRAM 3.3n
MajorDan

for one try removing one of your memory sticks,,try that first,,,make sure your fsb of the cpu and the memory are 166,,,,it will auto detect the 8x agp if the card suports it,,,,,,do you have the card setted all the wat,,,,,,,,,,double check memory settings,,this card i have found does not like fsb messed with or the memory fsb messed with.....set memory to spd,,,,good luck

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Yep the ABIT AT7 MAX2 works great with my Prophet 9700 pro, just remember it has no serial or paralel ports(which is not a big problem for me), but it does however have 10 USB2 ports, firewire and lan onboard.
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It's unfortunate that most of the new hardware seems to pump out heat. The ATI 9700 pro use about 100W of power on it's own. The whole system puts out enough heat to warm a small room.
I have noticed that the heatsink on the ATI card gets very hot, even though it has a fairly serious fan on it (the fan on my Sapphire card is a lot like a blue orb).
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